Carnival cancels 12 more cruises to repair its ships

3:44 AM,
Mar. 21, 2013

The cruise ship Carnival Triumph is towed into Mobile Bay near Dauphin Island, Ala., on Feb. 14. A leak in a fuel oil return line caused an engine-room fire that disabled the ship at sea. It won't sail again until June.

Written by

Gene Sloan
| USA Today

Cruise industry giant Carnival has canceled a dozen sailings on two ships so it can make changes to the vessels' power and fire suppression systems.

Announced late Tuesday, the changes to the Carnival Triumph and Carnival Sunshine come as the line reviews fire safety systems and engine redundancies across its fleet in the wake of the much publicized February fire aboard the Carnival Triumph. Changes to additional Carnival ships are likely as the review continues, the line suggests. The Carnival Triumph and Carnival Sunshine already are in repair yards undergoing overhauls, which have ...